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Surgery & trauma care

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Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing surgical care for people in precarious contexts for more than 40 years.

Surgery in a humanitarian situation is often associated with armed conflict. Yet our teams conduct operations for a variety of needs. In 2022, one in five of the major surgeries we performed were caesarean sections, which is difficult to access in countries with a failing health system or in humanitarian emergencies. The opening of a surgical programme has a number of prerequisites which need medical and logistics resources, such as sterile conditions, qualified personnel, and post-operative capacity.

Quick facts about surgery and trauma care

Surviving violence
Here, the weekends are always intense.. we deal with even four patients with gunshot wounds at the same time. Francesco Virdis, surgeon

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Treating Gaza’s infections
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Treating resistant infections in Gaza under the blockade

Project Update 2 Sep 2019
 
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Yemen

A day treating wounded in Yemen's Al Salakhana hospital

Project Update 30 May 2019
 
One year after the “bloodbath” of 14 May
Palestine

Gaza, one year after the protests’ bloodiest day

Project Update 14 May 2019
 
Treating Mosul’s wounded
Iraq

A year of post-operative care in Mosul

Project Update 10 Apr 2019
 
Gaza protest
Palestine

Gaza’s numbing routine of injury and death

Voices from the Field 4 Apr 2019
 
Sadr City: MSF’s work in one of Baghdad’s busiest hospitals
Iraq

Triaging patients in one of Baghdad's busiest emergency departments

Voices from the Field 2 Apr 2019
 
Gaza: MSF providing care for the victims of the Great March of Return
Palestine

March of Return protestors abandoned after year of suffering

Project Update 28 Mar 2019
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